Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus and Marion Campuses, USA.
Body Image. 2013 Jun;10(3):415-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.02.006. Epub 2013 Mar 21.
Considered a measure of positive body image, the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS; Avalos et al., 2005) assesses acceptance of, favorable opinions toward, and respect for the body. Although the BAS was originally developed for and psychometrically examined with women, researchers are administering it to men and making gender comparisons. However, tests of measurement equivalence/invariance are needed to determine whether the BAS operates similarly for women and men. Therefore, in the present study, the BAS's cross-gender configural, factor loading, and intercept invariance was examined among 930 college women and men. The BAS demonstrated measurement equivalence/invariance between women and men, suggesting that gender comparisons can be made with confidence. Additional evidence was accrued for the convergent validity of the male version of the BAS, as it was related to men's dissatisfaction with muscularity, body fat, and height. These findings reinforce the structural and construct integrity of the BAS.
被认为是积极身体意象的一种衡量标准，身体欣赏量表（BAS；Avalos 等人，2005 年）评估对身体的接受、赞成意见和尊重。尽管 BAS 最初是为女性开发并进行心理测量检验的，但研究人员正在向男性施测并进行性别比较。然而，需要进行测量等效性/不变性检验，以确定 BAS 是否对女性和男性同样有效。因此，在本研究中，对 930 名男女大学生的 BAS 的跨性别构形、因子负荷和截距不变性进行了检验。BAS 在男女之间表现出测量等效性/不变性，这表明可以有信心地进行性别比较。此外，还获得了男性版 BAS 的收敛有效性的证据，因为它与男性对肌肉质量、体脂肪和身高的不满有关。这些发现增强了 BAS 的结构和构念完整性。
